Added another cart to my fleet

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For the last few months I've had a vise and large chuck sitting on small pallet near the mill. Pallets are fine when I can get the pallet jack under them... this one was just a little narrow. But it was too sturdy to throw away. So today I decided to put some casters under it and make it into a cart. I bought a bunch of old dumpster casters a while back. big steel ones. Perfect. Two fixed for the back and two swivel for the front. Just like a shopping cart. The sawz-all made quick work of reducing the pallet to a platform. Sixteen carriage bolts later... the wheels were on. Then I started to layout the handle. Decided to make it out of some scrap emt. Hole saw in the mill to notch the tubes. Welded the handle together. And then I realized my plan of mounting the handle to plates above the wheels was flawed because this pallet was actually a re-usable box... so I changed the design to incorporate the box sides. Whipped out some plates on the plasma. Bent them on the press... or should I say over bent them.  Flattened them back out on the arbor press. Rest of the photos in the next post.
Reply:Welded the handle onto the tabs. Bolted the handle on and tried it out. Nice little Saturday project to make my life easier.
Reply:Thanx man. You just saved me a headache. I need something so I can take the monster outside to grind knife blades. Dat B It !Bubble gumTooth pixDuct tapeBlack glueGBMF hammerScrew gun --bad battery (see above)
Reply:Perfect. I love it when stuff gets re-purposed."The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, the love of soft living and the get rich quick theory of life." -Theodore Roosevelt
Reply:That must have been a huge bearing to come in a crate that sizeLast edited by mike194; 02-08-2014 at 07:27 PM.
Reply:Originally Posted by forhireWelded the handle onto the tabs. Bolted the handle on and tried it out. Nice little Saturday project to make my life easier.
Reply:Originally Posted by BurpeeThanx man. You just saved me a headache. I need something so I can take the monster outside to grind knife blades. Dat B It !
Reply:Good job Randy.  I like that little cart
Reply:That's one cool little helper but very useful and handy around the shop. Looks sturdy and can handle tough jobs. Great job!
Reply:Originally Posted by richeyGood job Randy.  I like that little cart